Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is a of Blackfoot culture 18 kilometres west of , Alberta, Canada. The now disused buffalo jump is a UNESCO world heritage site in an area where the foothills of the begin to rise from the prairie.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: buffalo jump located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Canada
  • Also known as: “Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump”

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

Latitude
49.70536° or 49° 42′ 19″ north
Longitude
-113.65315° or 113° 39′ 11″ west
Elevation
1,130 metres (3,707 feet)
Open location code
85X8P84W+4P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 255893835
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
5973026
Wiki­data ID
Q683110
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “موقع قفزة الجاموس”
  • Arabic: “هيد سماشد إن بافلو جمب”
  • Burmese: “ဟက်စမက်ရှ်အင် ကျွဲခုန်”
  • Catalan: “Precipici dels bisons de Head-Smashed-In”
  • Cebuano: “Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump”
  • Chinese: “碎頭野牛跳崖”
  • Croatian: “Bizonski ponor Head-Smashed-In”
  • Czech: “Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump”
  • Danish: “Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump”
  • Dutch: “Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump”
  • Esperanto: “Bizon-Saltejo Head-Smashed-In”
  • Finnish: “Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump”
  • French: “précipice à bisons Head-Smashed-In”
  • French: “Précipice à bisons Head-Smashed-In”
  • Galician: “Precipicio dos Bisontes de Head-Smashed-In”
  • Georgian: “ჰედ-სმეშდ-ინი”
  • German: “Head-Smashed-In Bison Jump”
  • German: “Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump”
  • Hebrew: “הד סמאשד אין”
  • Hungarian: “Betört Fej bölényugrató”
  • Irish: “Léim Bhuabhall an Chinn Bhasctha”
  • Italian: “Salto del Bufalo schiantato”
  • Japanese: “ヘッド-スマッシュト-イン・バッファロー・ジャンプ”
  • Lithuanian: “Hed Smašt In bizonų atbraila”
  • Maltese: “Head-Smashed-In Bison Jump”
  • Maltese: “Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump”
  • Maltese: “Qabża tal-Biżonti Sfrakassati”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump”
  • Norwegian: “Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump”
  • Polish: “Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump”
  • Portuguese: “Precipício de Bisontes de Head-Smashed-In”
  • Russian: “Голова, разбитая при прыжке бизона”
  • Russian: “Хед-Смэшт-Ин-Баффало-Джамп”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump”
  • Slovak: “Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump”
  • Spanish: “Precipicio de los Bisontes de Head-Smashed-In”
  • Swedish: “Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump”
  • Turkish: “Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump”
  • Ukrainian: “Гед-Смешт-Ін-Баффало-Джамп”
  • Ukrainian: “Хед-Смешт-Ін-Баффало-Джамп”
  • Vietnamese: “Vực bẫy trâu Head-Smashed-In”

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